http://blog.secretkeepergirl.com Conversations about modesty, fashion, and beauty for tween girls and moms Fri, 03 Sep 2010 21:56:32 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Posted By Dannah Gresh Connecting can be so hard. I mean, there's "let's-swap-sugar-cookies" connecting, and then there's "wow-I-feel-your-heart connecting. The second kind only comes from God's Spirit uniting our hearts. I crave that kind of connecting...especially with my two girls. Today, I got some of it with one of my favorite ... http://blog.secretkeepergirl.com/?p=449 By Dannah Gresh"This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us. And if we know that he hears us—whatever we ask—we know that we have what we asked of him."I John 5:14,15 Here we are. Day twenty-nine of our ... http://blog.secretkeepergirl.com/?p=445 By Dannah Gresh"Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it."Proverbs 22:6I'm holding a brand new copy of Six Ways To Keep The Little In Your Girl. In those pages, I write about beginning the pray for my daughter ... http://blog.secretkeepergirl.com/?p=446 By Dannah Gresh"What, don't you know your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit?"I Corinthians 6:19 Morning mom! Get your coffee pot on. It's quiet a day for me, so I have to make this short today. My heart is filled with the prospect of our daughter's actually EMBRACING modesty...not ... http://blog.secretkeepergirl.com/?p=444 By Dannah Gresh"Teach...your children...when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up."Deuteronomy 11:19 This weekend I experienced one of the best days of being a mom ever. I really got to connect with my girls. It all started with ... http://blog.secretkeepergirl.com/?p=440 By Dannah Gresh "Make the most of every opportunity."Ephesians 5:16   "One of the things my children left behind when they flew the coop was a billion miles on my '91 Moore-mobile. OK. So it was only 127,000. But I felt every mile of it. In fact, I'm still feeling it since ... http://blog.secretkeepergirl.com/?p=438 By Dannah Gresh"Your beauty should not come from outward adornment, such as braided hair and the wearing of gold jewelry and fine clothes. Instead, it should be that of your inner self, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is of great worth in God's sight."I Peter ... http://blog.secretkeepergirl.com/?p=436 By Dannah Gresh"Dear friends, do not imitate what is evil but what is good. Anyone who does what is good is from God. Anyonewho does what is evil has not seen God."3 John 1:11"Do you remember Holly Hobby? Imagine our girls taking one of those old, prairie dolls to a ... http://blog.secretkeepergirl.com/?p=434 By Dannah Gresh"By this all men will know you are my disciples, if you love one another."John 13:35 "Raising children with your values at home is necessary, but not sufficient. The outside world influences them, and so we need to influence it."-Joe Kelly, Dads & Daughter's National Organization I agree with Joe ... http://blog.secretkeepergirl.com/?p=432 By Dannah Gresh"Unless the Lord builds the house, its laborers build in vain." Psalm 127:1 "I couldn't believe it. Moments ago I was sitting at the kitchen table ready to sink my teeth into a huge plate of PMS-magic—cheese-stuffed meatloaf glazed in bar-b-cue sauce, mashed potatoes, and a freshly baked ... http://blog.secretkeepergirl.com/?p=429